Pottstown Area Rapid Transit offers a safe reliable travel alternative to driving. Save yourself time and trouble and forget about looking for parking. With convenient service operating Monday through Saturday, let PART take you to your destination. For more information call (610) 326-5413.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TO CONSIDER POTTSTOWN AREA RAPID TRANSIT, (PART) FARE INCREASE & ROUTE CHANGES – At its regularly scheduled Borough Council Meeting on Monday, May 14th, 2012 at 7:30 p.m., Pottstown Borough Hall, Borough Council Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, 100 East High Street, Pottstown, PA, 19464, the Borough will act on a proposed bus fare increase and route changes to the PART bus service area. Public comment on these changes will be invited at this time.
Changes to Fare Structure:
• Base Fare:
$1.50 to $1.70
• Half Fare Program:
$0.75 to $0.85
• Transfers:
$0.35 to $0.45
• Paratransit Fare:
$3.00 to $3.40
There will be a five (5) day comment period prior to the meetings. During the period, any comments can be made, in writing to Jason Bobst, Borough Manager, or email takepart@pottstown.org, or mail to: Borough of Pottstown, 100 East High Street, Pottstown, PA 19464. Copies of the changes may be obtained from the above Borough Manager’s Office at the above address between 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday. Any person attending the public meetings who requires accommodation for speech, hearing, language or other form of communication must notify the Borough of Pottstown at 610-970-6515 at least five (5) days before the public meeting.
EFFECTIVE, OCTOBER 31ST, 2011 - PART is undergoing trial changes on the Day Line Routes, including High Street, Stowe - Sanatoga, and Premium Outlets, as well as Night Line North End Loop and Coventry Mall. Please download the Daylines and Nightlines temporary timetables. If you have any questions regarding the schedules please contact PART at 610-326-5413.
Bus service in Pottstown and adjacent communities is a publicly owned and privately operated system. The Borough of Pottstown owns, funds and administers the system. The day-to-day operations are the responsibility of Pottstown Area Rapid Transit, Inc. (PART).
Riders have a number of ways to pay their fare when boarding the bus.
Senior Citizens, 65 years or older, ride free all day Monday through Saturday. The half-fare arrangement for disabled riders is restricted during peak hours of 7:00 am - 8:00 am and 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm. Senior Citizens and half-fare riders can obtain their passes at Borough Hall, 100 E. High Street, 3rd floor, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm.
Two children under fare box height can ride free with one full fare paying adult.
Transfers can be used by PART bus riders to make a trip that requires the use of two bus routes. Transfers should be purchased when paying your fare. Transfers are issued for continuing one-way travel and are limited to one per trip. Transfers can be made at High and Hanover Streets in downtown Pottstown and North End Shopping Center.
PART and SEPTA have entered into a cooperative agreement in which each bus system will accept the transfers of the other.
PART does not operate on Sunday or on major holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
In addition to operating five bus routes, a special curb-to-curb service is offered for those persons who have a disability and are unable to ride the bus. Call PART at (610) 326-5413 for information on how to become eligible and use this service.